Hornblower's Navy

by Stephen Pope

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566490308
• ISBN13: 9781566490306
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Welcome Rain Publishers
• Length: 111 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 9.8" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Good work by an expert . . .

I've been a fan of Hornblower and Aubrey and their ilk for many, many years -- but I'm not a sailor, so I sometimes have had to do some research to understand just what I'm reading. Pope is a well-known naval historian and he does an excellent job in this heavily illustrated volume, explaining the role of the highly successful Royal Navy in the late 18th century, describing the jobs and relative stations of officers, ratings and warrant officers (and also of the various rates of warships), and describing the sailor-man's life and his daily routine. He makes it clear that, however horrendous life at sea might have been compared to our own time, the Brits were far better at it and generally much more humane than the French and their allies.